The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 8, 2020 - This action authorizes an additional year of the tax credit that was originally provided in 2019 ‑20 for 2020 ‑21. This additional tax expenditure brings total credits to $1  billion across the past two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4278

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2023 - In this post, we assess and make recommendations on the Governor’s budget proposal to (1) provide additional resources to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to support its licensing, enforcement, education, and grant programs and (2) transfer to the ABC Fund $48.5 million General Fund over three years that was previously appropriated to the department for a fee waiver program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4705

Core Funding for County Offices of Education [EdBudget]

Jul 31, 2019 - HTST = Home-to-School Transportation. TIIG = Targeted Instructional Improvement Block Grant. COEs = County Offices of Education. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656 | information [at] lao.ca.gov
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/287

LAO May Outlook: Growth in Assessed Property Values [EconTax Blog]

May 12, 2019 - LAO May Outlook: Growth in Assessed Property Values [EconTax Blog] LAO May Outlook: Growth in Assessed Property Values May 12, 2019 Brian Uhler Property taxes are a primary revenue source for cities, counties, special districts and schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/368

IRS Migration Data Shows Increased Movement in 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 16, 2022 - IRS Migration Data Shows Increased Movement in 2020 [EconTax Blog] IRS Migration Data Shows Increased Movement in 2020 August 16, 2022 Brian Uhler For many years, California has lost some taxpayers each year due to migration to other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/747

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2020 - In this report, we assess the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and his specific proposals for K-12 education. Of the $3.7 billion in new Proposition 98 funding for 2020-21, the budget dedicates $2 billion for one-time initiatives and $1.7 billion for ongoing augmentations. Nearly all of the ongoing funding is to cover an estimated 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4174

Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Sep 2, 2022 - Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget] a Budget package also provides $100 million for this initiative in 2023-24. b Reflects second year of initiative, providing $9.5 million over a four-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/674

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - Prior to Chapter  6, the state charged counties a flat monthly fee of $25 for each ward housed in state facilities. Chapter   6 r equired counties to begin paying a sliding scale fee based on the offense committed by the ward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Specifically, 21 p ercent of reporting agencies had compliance rates below 25 p ercent, while 38 p ercent had compliance rates above 75 p ercent. In the box below, we discuss some issues related to why measuring compliance rates is a valuable, though imperfect, measure of wildfire risk reduction, as well as why there is no clear optimal compliance rate that the state should target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 11, 2022 - To make an apples-to-apples comparison for June, we compare the same five week period covering June across the two years. Using this method, each year contains the same weeks of the year and the same number of "collection days ".)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/741